Robocalls More Than Doubled in 2021, Cost Victims $30B
T-Mobile reported blocking 21 billion scam calls during a record-smashing year for robocalls. [...]
T-Mobile reported blocking 21 billion scam calls during a record-smashing year for robocalls. [...]
Joker malware was found lurking in the Color Message app, ready to fleece unsuspecting users with premium SMS charges. [...]
It took just 15 seconds to hack the latest, greatest, shiniest iPhone 13 Pro on stage at the Tianfu Cup in October, using a now-fixed iOS kernel bug. [...]
The new campaign masqueraded as an Orange Telecom account management app to deliver the latest iteration of Anubis banking malware. [...]
E-commerce's proverbial Who-ville is under siege, with a rise in bots bent on ruining gift cards and snapping up coveted gifts for outrageously priced resale. [...]
The powerful devices leveraged by the Meris botnet have weaknesses that make them easy to exploit, yet complex for organizations to track and secure, researchers said. [...]
It's unknown who's behind the cyberattacks against at least nine employees' iPhones, who are all involved in Ugandan diplomacy. [...]
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AT&T is battling a modular malware called EwDoor on 5,700 VoIP servers, but it could have a larger wildcard certificate problem. [...]
Attackers use socially engineered SMS messages and malware to compromise tens of thousands of devices and drain user bank accounts. [...]
Attackers are honing Google Play dropper campaigns, overcoming app store restrictions. [...]
The North Korea-linked group is deploying the Chinotto spyware backdoor against dissidents, journalists and other politically relevant individuals in South Korea. [...]
A new trojan called Android.Cynos.7.origin, designed to collect Android users’ device data and phone numbers, was found in 190 games installed on over 9M Android devices. [...]
Just weeks after a judge ruled that NSO Group did not have immunity in a suit brought by Facebook subsidiary WhatsApp, Apple is adding significant weight to the company's woes. [...]
Despite tight security measures by Google/Apple, cybercriminals still find ways to bypass fake app checks to plant malware on mobile devices. Dave Stewart, CEO of Approov, discusses technical approaches to defense against this. [...]
Hank Schless, senior manager of security solutions at Lookout, discusses AbstractEmu, mobile malware found on Google Play, Amazon Appstore and the Samsung Galaxy Store. [...]
Immutable storage and more: Sonya Duffin, data protection expert at Veritas Technologies, offers the Top 10 steps for building a multi-layer resilience profile. [...]
Google researchers have detailed a widespread watering-hole attack that installed a backdoor on Apple devices that visited Hong Kong-based media and pro-democracy sites. [...]
PhoneSpy already has stolen data and tracked the activity of targets in South Korea, disguising itself as legitimate lifestyle apps. [...]
CISA is urging vendors to patch, given the release of public exploit code & a proof of concept tool for bugs that open billions of devices – phones, PCs, toys, etc. – to DoS & code execution. [...]
NSO Group plans to fight the trade ban, saying it's "dismayed" and clinging to the mantra that its tools actually help to prevent terrorism and crime. [...]
NSO Group plans to fight the trade ban, saying it's "dismayed" and clinging to the mantra that its tools actually help to prevent terrorism and crime. [...]
Invest and practice: Grant Oviatt, director of incident-response engagements at Red Canary, lays out the key building blocks for effective IR. [...]
Google’s Android November 2021 security updates plug 18 flaws in the framework and system components and 18 more in the kernel and vendor components. [...]
A researcher was able to crack 70 percent of the gathered hashes in an experiment in a residential neighborhood. [...]